ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,571, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Soft magnetic powder, magnetic core, and electronic component" was invented by Ryoma Nakazawa (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Ono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft magnetic powder capable of maintaining high insulation resistance even after exposure to a high-temperature environment, a dust core, and an electronic component is provided with the dust core. A soft magnetic powder including soft magnetic metal particles, the surfaces of which are covered by an inorganic insulating coating, the inorganic insulating coating having a first coating part in contact with the surfac...